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enricodias/nameize
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A simple class to correctly capitalize full names.

v0.4.2(6y ago)3286MITPHPPHP >=5.6

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Nameize
=======

[](#nameize)

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A simple class to correctly capitalize full names.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Require this package with Composer in the root directory of your project

```
composer require enricodias/nameize
```

and include the composer's autoloader in your code

```
include 'vendor/autoload.php';
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Simple usage

[](#simple-usage)

```
echo \enricodias\Nameize::create()->name("Carlo D'ippoliti"); // Carlo D'Ippoliti
```

or

```
$nameize = new \enricodias\Nameize();

echo $nameize->name("Matteo Dell'aqcua");  // Matteo Dell'Aqcua
echo $nameize->name("john o'grady-smith"); // John O'Grady-Smith
```

### Specifying special characters

[](#specifying-special-characters)

The method `setAllowedCharacters()` receives an array of special characters. Those characters signalizes that the next letter should be in upper case. If no character is specified, the default `array("'", '-')` is used. If you pass a string, it will be consider a single character.

```
$nameize = new \enricodias\Nameize();

$nameize->setAllowedCharacters("'");

echo $nameize->name("Matteo Dell'aqcua");  // Matteo Dell'Aqcua
echo $nameize->name("john o'grady-smith"); // John O'Grady-smith
```

or with method chaining:

```
echo \enricodias\Nameize::create()
    ->setAllowedCharacters("-")
    ->name("john o'grady-smith"); // John O'grady-Smith
```

### Minimum length

[](#minimum-length)

Some languages require capitalization on the first letter of every word regardless of their size. The `setMinLength()` method sets the minimum length of which words will be capitalized (min: 1, max: 5, default: 4).

```
$nameize = new \enricodias\Nameize();

$nameize->setMinLength(1);

echo $nameize->name("Tri vu phu");    // Tri Vu Phu
echo $nameize->name("Shuanping dai"); // Shuanping Dai
```

or with method chaining:

```
echo \enricodias\Nameize::create()
    ->setMinLength(1)
    ->name("Tri vu phu"); // Tri Vu Phu
```

Your application may detect the user's country and use the appropriate minLength value.

Additional features
-------------------

[](#additional-features)

If you need more features I recommend using a name parser such as

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~26 days

Recently: every ~9 days

Total

7

Last Release

2358d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1PHP >=5.3.3

v0.3PHP >=5.6

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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